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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $175.00| Rating: 10

Pros:

tiny,sharp,weightless

Cons:

needs smallish factory supplied hood

The only Nikon 1 lens to make the camera body truly stealthy and pocketable. Tack sharp at F/4-F/8. This wide angle pancake is the way to go for street photography, or any setting where the smallest form factor and lack of fiddling with a zoom will be to the photographer's advantage.

Prime Minister

Registered: May 2011Posts: 35

Nikon 1 10mm f/2.8 Nikkor review by Prime Minister

Review Date: 1/3/2013

Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 9

Pros:

Small, light, fast and silent autofocus, build quality

Cons:

CA, soft corners

The build quality of this little lens is very good. The lens barrel and bayonet are made of metal. There are no external moving parts and although the lens is very small, it has a nice weight. It feels and looks clean and sturdy.

The ribbed ring provides good grip while attaching or removing the lens and when you are holding the camera. The chrome rib on the lens barrel is a useful help in attaching or removing the lens. I really like the design of this lens.

Autofocus is fast, accurate and silent. In good light it's lightning quick but even in low light the lens locks on reasonably quick. The equivalent focal length of 27mm allows hand held shooting at low shutter speeds.

Center sharpness and contrast are very good at f/2.8. At f/3.5 sharpness and contrast get a little better, but you really have to be pixel peeping. The corners are a little soft, but usable I think.

Unfortunately there's some clearly visible CA and barrel distortion. Some of it can be removed in post processing. Overall the image quality is very decent for a small lens like this.

If you like the Nikon 1 system, I think this lens is a vey nice addition. Together with the 18.5mm f/1.8 it forms an interesting set of primes.

NWjon

Registered: November 2012Posts: 1

Nikon 1 10mm f/2.8 Nikkor review by NWjon

Review Date: 11/20/2012

Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $99.00| Rating: 9

Pros:

Sharp at f2.8, excellent micro-contrast and color transmission.

Cons:

Not f/1.8

The modest price of Nikkor 10mm f2.8 belies it's excellent optical qualities that noticeably exceed those of the 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6 in all aspects. Sharpness across the frame is very good and distortion is nicely controlled. Micro-contrast is excellent where the 10-30mm is lacking.
If you don't have the 10mm f2,8 lens for your Nikon 1 camera, your missing out on the larger aperture that allows PDAF focusing in dim light, (3 EV), and the better image quality it affords over the 10-30mm lens.